The Challenge of Social Innovation in Urban Revitalization
Paul Drewe
Juan-Luis Klein
Edward Hulsbergen
270 pages
Publisher:
Techne Press, The Netherlands
Urban revitalisation is a long process, and its success depends on social innovations. Just as with technological developments, it is almost impossible to predict which social innovations will be effective. Only in retrospect can we say, something special has happened here - and it’s been going on for a long time.
The book looks at bottom up initiatives, where residents and local organisations took charge and took risks to improve their living conditions and to build a new future. The book presents case studies of a series of initiatives which have borne fruit over a long period of time: the revitalised industrial areas of Montreal, those of Mondragon in the Basque country, the Eldonian projects in Liverpool, the search for urban scenarios in Jerusalem, as well as cases in Nicaragua, Peru, France, the Netherlands and EU-wide projects.
The Challenge of Social Innovation in Urban Revitalization shows the complexity of the processes. By combining theory and practical applications, this book contributes to the debate on urban revitalisation and what can be learned from social innovation experiences. It should be of interest to both scholars and practitioners involved in urban and regional planning and regeneration.
Introducing The Challenge of Social Innovation in Urban Revitalization
Part I Theory
Social innovation at the territorial level: from path dependency to path building
Social innovation and urban regeneration from the perspective of an innovative milieu analysis
Social innovation: an institutionalized process
The agile state, an organizational view on spatial development policy in the Netherlands
Combating poverty in Europe and the Third World: social innovation in motion
Part II Cases
Local development as social innovation: the case of Montreal
Social innovation, spatial transformation and sustainable communities: Liverpool and the ‘Eldonians’
Bottom-up in Gouda East: design atelier R&M activity center
Urban development and self-help activities in León, Nicaragua
Battling the digital divide from the bottom-up in Lima, Peru
The URBAN initiative or the EU as social innovator?
The urban renewal program of caisse des dépôts et consignations: innovative action to regenerate French towns and cities
The case of Jerusalem: a study in complexity
Thinking about transfer from the Mondragón experience
Cross-case analysis
Reference index
Geographical index
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